Clothes-wringer.



J. F. HEMENWAY.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPUCATION FILED 0e12, .910.

Patwted May 15, 191?.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

JOHN F. HEMENWAY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. A

Patented May 15, 191?.

Application filed October 2, 1916. Serial No. 123,376.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. HEMENWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olothes-Wringers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This inventon relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothes wringers, and more particularly to means for limiting the upward movement for the movably mounted top bar used in connection with pressure releasing devices, the object being to provide means for ably mounted top bar from jumping out of the wringer frame when the pressure is released.

Another object of my invention is to provide a movably mounted top bar with an outwardly extending member cooperating with a stop in such a manner that the top bar is free to move a predetermined distance within the wringer frame so as to release the pressure but is prevented from moving entirely out of the frame.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper portion of a clothes wringer partly in section showing the application of my improved construction of stop thereto;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the end portion of the movably mounted top bar showing the preferred form of extension.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the extension and stop detached from the wringer;

Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of another form of stop;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of another form of stop; and v Fig. 6 is a perspective view of still another form of stop.

Like numerals of reference refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the drawing, 1 indicates the wringer frame which is provided with the usual pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls, the pressure means being engaged by pressure screws 2 carried by a movably mounted top bar 3 which is held in position within the wringer frame by a releasing mechanism preventing the mov- 4 herein shown, constructed substantially the same as shown in my application filed September 9, 1916, Serial No. 119,177.

The pressure screws 2 carried by the movably mounted top bar 3 are mounted in threaded boxes 5 secured to the under side of the top bar asclearly shown, said boxes being provided with extensions 6 working 7 in slots 7 of plates 8 carried by the end'bars l of the wringer frame, said plates forming stops for the extensions so as to limit the upward movement of the movably mounted top bar when the pressure releasing means 4 has been moved out of the path thereof.

In the form shown in Fig. 1, the movably mounted top bar 9 carries a screw 10 extending laterally therefrom which is adapted to engage a screw 11 carried by the side bars 1 of the wringer frame so as to limit the upward movement of the top bar.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the movably mounted top bar 12 carries a screw 13 which extends through a slot 14 carried by an angle plate 15 secured to the sidebar 1 so as to allow the movably mounted top bar to move vertically within the wringer frame a predetermined distance in order to release the pressure means.

In the form shown in Fig. 6, the movably mounted top bar 16 is provided with a screw 17 working in the slot 18 formed in the plate 19 secured over the side bar as clearly shown for limiting the upward movement of the top bar.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided in connection with a clothes wringer having a pressure releasing device, a top bar having an extension which cooperates with a stop for limiting the upward movement of the top bar in order to prevent the top bar from becoming detached from the wringer frame when the pressure is released.

I claim:

1. A clothes wringer, comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls, a movably mounted top bar having means for adjusting said pressure means, a releasing mechanism for said top bar, a member extending outwardly from said top bar in a plane below the top thereof, and a stop carried by the side bars of said frame cooperating with said extension for limiting the upward movement of said top bar.

2. A clothes wringer, comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls, a movable top bar mounted in said frame, mechanism for holding said top bar in predetermined position therein, boxes carried by said top bar provided with extensions, pressure screws mounted in said boxes for adjusting said pressure means, and plates carried by the side bars having slots to receive said extensions for limiting the upward movement of said top bar.

3. A clothes wringer, comprising a frame having pressure rolls and pressure means for said rolls, a top bar movably mounted in said frame having means for adjusting said pressure means, means for holding said 1.3

outwardly from said top bar working in the 20 slot of said plate for limiting the upward movement of said top bar.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN F. HEMENWAY. Witnesses GEORGE BEHRENS, G. R. PATGHEN.

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Washington, I). 0. 

